Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Utrecht v Liverpool odds have Liverpool as favourites to win despite the struggles of Roy Hodgson’s side.
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Liverpool’s bettr performances this season have come in Europe with wins at Trabzonspor and that comfortable victory over Steau Bucharest. Utrecht, meanwhile, battered Celtic to make it here.
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Utrecht: 9/4
Liverpool: 6/5
Draw: 23/10
Liverpool are sending almost the strongest squad they have available to Holland for this tie, with only Steven Gerrard being rested. Injuries do deprive them of Daniel Agger, Paul Konchesky and Fabio Aurelio, making the left back slot a bit of a problem. Youngster Martin Kelly can expect an outing. Dirk Kuyt goes to the club that gave the World Cup finalist his first break in professional football. After a win against Steau, the pressure is off to some extent in terms of qualifying for the group, but it is certainly there in terms of trying to conjure up the sort of performance that will inject some belief into fans, and perhaps the team.
Utrecht have a tight ground, noisy support and an in form striker in Ricky van Wolfswinkel. They also got a respectable draw with Napoli in their opening match – add that to their beating of Celtic and it suggests a useful side who can give Liverpool problems.
The draw looks good value with Betfred at 23/10, with that result keeping Liverpool on course to qualify for the knockout stages. Make sure you claim your free bet from them – and if Dirk Kuyt scores the last goal tonight, they will refund losing goalscorer, correct score and scorecast bets!